We've just had a flurry of new likers! We hope you all are going to make it to this years event! Welcome to the page where you will keep updated with all that this 2015 AOS Trail & Glass Festival has to offer.

Beach Cleanup - Keeping New Zealand's shores free from rubbish is a great way to help ensure the safety of marine mammals. Beach cleanup kits available until March 8 at Whanganui DOC office if you wish to help out.

The women’s service club, ZONTA, has been making special cushions for women who have had surgery for breast cancer. Organiser Bobby Cave told the RCP that they make about 60 to 80 cushions per year and donate them to the Cancer Society, which gives them out. Yvonne Cuthbertson, Supportive Care Coordinator at the Society says that the “cushions are most appreciated and that the feedback is they are so comfortable and personal.” The...

A lawn mower was located in the Carlton Avenue area on Monday the 23rd of February and an owner is yet to be found. Could everyone in the area please check their garages and garden sheds and if you happen to be missing a lawn mower, please come see us at the station or give our Intel Section a call on 06 349 0675. Hopefully we can reunite this mower with its lawns.

We are also pretty proud to support all that Progress Castlecliff are up to out at our beautiful Duncan Pavilion & Castlecliff Beach. Not only do they have a whopper of a line-up of artists & a pop-up cafe, but they are also hosting this great Driftwood Sculpture competition. Get involved by making a sculpture, or take the kids down for a family friendly activity on the first Saturday of Artists Open Studios.

We are involved in this fantastic event and stay tuned as we reveal what you can enjoy at space during those two weekends!

Timeline Photos
We are really looking forward to kicking of this fantastic event! Starting on the 20th of March from 4.30pm with the Glass Festival & Artists Open Studios Mainstreet Exhibition. Then from 5.30pm the Starting Point Exhibition at Whanganui Arts-at the Centre (Community Arts Centre) view a taster exhibition of all the studio artists. Then we kick into the...

We are really looking forward to kicking of this fantastic event! Starting on the 20th of March from 4.30pm with the Glass Festival & Artists Open Studios Mainstreet Exhibition. Then from 5.30pm the Starting Point Exhibition at Whanganui Arts-at the Centre (Community Arts Centre) view a taster exhibition of all the studio artists. Then we kick into the Open Studios which span 21st, 22nd & 28th, 29th March from 10am-4pm Daily. With Glass Festival Events in the evenings: Glass Olympics on...

Frocks on Bikes folks popped into Gallery on Guyton yesterday and got creative... Come and see the sculpture they made from bike parts, bitsa frocks, those gorgeous flowers that were made in the gallery last week, etc...

It was great to hear Rhys Watkins (Golf Development Manager, Manawatu-Wanganui Golf Association) and Norm Rapson (Manager, Wanganui Golf Club) in the More FM Wanganui studio this morning for Spotlight on Sport. Thanks for popping in guys!

Dr Moazzam Zaidi came to Wanganui by chance. He was studying for a PhD in Occupational Health and needed a part time job to support him while he studied at Otago University. Professor Rob Griffiths from Otago arranged 15 hours of part time work with the Wanganui ACC branch, Moazzam has never looked back and in 2010 he brought his wife Fariha and their three daughters to live here.
He is so impressed with his girls’ schools - Kaitoke...

Check out this photo of Sue from More FM Wanganui and her amazing new bike! Sue and her husband went to Velo Ronny's Bicycle Store during Bike Wise Month and picked out a brand new bike each.
We would like to congratulate Sue who, since borrowing a bike from Sport Whanganui and attending one-on-one bike sessions with Norman, has now got the confidence to be out and about cycling safely on the Whanganui roads!
And a huge thank you to More FM and Velo Ronny's Bicycle Store for...

We still have a couple more stall spaces for this event on the first Saturday of Open Studios- its a great way to be involved if you don't have an established studio as of yet. We will have a great atmosphere down at Space, with coffee and music, and we always get alot of visitors during the Saturdays. Get in contact today if you are interested!

This an opportunity for those working in the culture and heritage sector to learn about the practical applications of copyright and Creative Commons copyright licensing. We’ll also talk about how organisations can adopt Creative Commons policies to clarify the rights on their existing collection items and ensure that more of their donated works are made openly available. This talk will be of interest to those responsible for managing any type of...

To coincide with the exhibition ANZAC by photographer Laurence Aberhart the Gallery is displaying a unique statue of Herewini Whakarua that is normally sited in Pākaitore (Moutoa Gardens).

Wellington based historian Ewan Morris has undertaken extensive research into the history of this monument and for the closing day of the exhibition he will present an illustrated talk on this special local story.